Pocket for coats, shirts, and the like.



A. J. LEWIS.

POCKET FOR COATS SHIRTS, AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 14, I9I5.

Patented Sept. 21, 1915.

ABRAM J. LEWIS, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

POCKET FOR COATS, SHIRTS, AND THE LIKE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAM J. LEwIs, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at New York city, New York county,

New York State, have invented a'new and.

useful Pocket for Coats, Shirts, and the like, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in shirts, etc., particularly of the type used by mechanics, wherein it is desired to provide conv anient pockets for special use.

The invention relates more particularly to the pocket construction as will be understood from the following description and an examination of the accompanying drawings, in which.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a shirt equipped with my improved pocket. Fig. 2 is a relatively enlarged cross section on the line 22. Fig. 3 is a similar View on the line 3-3. Figs. 4 and 5 are details. Fig. 6

.is a front view of a pocket of modified form.

1 represents the usual body.of the shirt to which the pocket is secured. The pocket comprises the main pocket-piece 2'which is of the usual or conventional form and which may be secured to the shirt in the usual manner and is open at the top for thereception of a pocketbook or a handkerchief. Outside of the main pocket-piece 2 is the secondary pocket-piece 3 which, as to its lower part, preferably conforms substantially. to the outline of the main poc et-piece 2, but as to its upper part is cut away so as to be shallower, the upper edge being preferably' 0blique. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the secondary pocket-piece is stitched vertically to the main pocket-piece 1 along the line indicated at 4, thus dividing the outside pocket into two compartments 5 and 6. Therompartment 5 may be used for the reception of a watch or other valuable articles, while the compartment 6 may be used for a pencil or a narrow tool. The compartment 5 is provided with a safety catch or fastener as indicated. This catch or fastener is prefernently secured to the secondary pocket-piece 3. In order to properly reinforce the sec-.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 21, 1915, Application filed June 14, 1915. Seria1No.38,889.

, member, I may turn down and inwardly, the

upper edge to provide the fold 10, which affords a suflicient thickness of material to properly hold the socket member 7. The main pocket piece 2 preferably has a reinforcement 11 for holding the base of the ball member 8 as shown.

Whereas in Figs. 1 to 5 I have shown the upper edge of the secondary pocket piece as being'inclined in one direction only, in Fig. 6 I have shown a slight modification wherein the upper edge of compartment 5 is inclined similarly to that shown in the previous views, and the upper edge'of the compartment 6 is inclined in an opposite direction, as indicated at 12, this being in some instances a preferable form, since it makes it easy to find the entrance to the compartment 6 and lessens any danger of confusing that compartment with compartment 5. In all instances the upwardly projecting portion of the main pocket section 2 presents a backing above the compartments 5 and 6 which enables the user to guide the articles to be inserted into said compartments with the greatest ease.

What I claim is 1. A pocket for a garment comprising a base fabric, a broad main pocket section secured thereto and forming the outer wall of a main pocket open at its top and of substantially the width of the broad pocket section, a supplemental pocket section superimposed on the broad main pocket section and secured thereto at its bottom and sides and also along a line intermediate its sides whereby two outer pockets are formed open at the top, the upper edge of said supplemental pocket section being below the upper edge of the broad main pocket section and extending obliquely from the top of the intermediate line of connection toward 'both edges whereby the upper edge of the broad main pocket section acts as a backingand guide to afford easy access to both ofthe outer pockets.

2. A pocket construction for a garment comprising a base fabric, a broad main inner pocket section and a supplemental outer pocket section of the same width as the main section and having its upper edge folded double and inclined below the level of the upper edge of the main section and forming a double thickness of material for the outer section, means for securing the side and bottom edges of said inner and outer pocket sections to the base fabric, means for securing an intermediate part of the outer pocket section to the inner pocket section to thereby form two outer pockets and leave a broader inner pocket extending across the back of 10 the two outer pockets and inner and outer fastening elements secured to the inner and outer sections, the outer fastening element being secured through thedouble thickness of the outer section below the inclined edge. 15

ABRAM J. LEWIS. 

